It was one game, but Yolett McPhee-McCuin got a glimpse of what the rebuild could look like.
In their season opener, the Ole Miss women’s basketball team McNeese State 99-44 on Monday inside The Pavilion. Monday’s game served as the official opener after the Rebels’ Nov. 25 game with Northwestern State was canceled due to COVID-19 issues.
With a top recruiting class and securing some top transfers, the expectations were high for McCuin, who is in her third year at the helm of the Rebels’ program. Coming off a 2019-20 season where Ole Miss went 0-16 in Southeastern Conference play, this season is an official start of turning around a program that has not been to the NCAA Tournament since 2008.